Portel,_Portugal

Portel, Portugal

Portel, Portugal

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

Portel (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾˈtɛl] ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,428,[1] in an area of 601.01 km2.[2]

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The present Mayor is Norberto António Lopes Patinho, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

  • Amieira e Alqueva
  • Monte do Trigo
  • Portel
  • Santana
  • São Bartolomeu do Outeiro e Oriola
  • Vera Cruz
  • Portel castle.
  • A view of Portel.
  • Castle ruins.
  • Typical savanna environment characteristic of Alentejo.
  • Amieira Marina in the Alqueva lake.

Notable people

  • Luís Zambujo (born 1986) a Portuguese former professional footballer with 311 club caps

References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. [3]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 99" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.


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